For Rs 2.5 lakh, all they learnt was Russian
Ahmedabad, August 4: Shabbir Ali and his six friends, who had aspired to study medicine in Russia, have just returned from Kirghizstan with a certificate in Russian language, thanks to Padam Jain. The course cost them dear: Rs 2.5 lakh each for a nightmarish year in a strange land. Jain had allegedly duped these students of several lakhs of rupees by promising to secure their admissions in a Russian medical institute.
‘‘We went there to join an MBBS course, but what happened to us is a big joke. Jain has duped at least 40 students from India. Two other students have filed a case against him in Russia. But, we decided to catch him in Ahmedabad,’’ says Ramesh.
Shabbir has filed a complaint against Jain with the Ellisbridge police, while his friends have turned witnesses.
According to the complaint, Padam Jain and his wife — residents of Kota in Rajasthan — had in July 2003 published an advertisment in a vernacular daily, inviting applications for admission to medical colleges in Russia. Seeing this, Shabbir, Ramesh and Azhar reportedly paid Rs 1 lakh to Jain’s firm Cosmo Consultant in July 2003, in order to get into the Kirgis State Medical Academy.
In October 2003, the three flew to Bishkek to join Jain. There, they reportedly gave Jain US $2,200 — $1,500 for their MBBS course in English; $600 for Russian language and $100 hostel fees. The same week, Jain took the students to Kirgis State Medical Academy. However, at the institute, he demanded US $250 from each student as ‘‘he had forgotten to bring the money.’’
Then, Jain disappeared and the nightmare began. ‘‘We were taught Russian and nothing else. Everyday, we waited for our medical course to begin, but in vain. Our parents had to send us more money as Jain had taken away most of it,’’ recollects Azhar.
Jain again showed up in Bishkek in January. He offered to get them into a medical college, provided they sign a form stating that they had, on their own accord, taken up illegal courses in Russia and were now ready to transfer to a medical course. ‘‘He knew that one signature could ruin our careers,’’ says Ramesh.
However, this experience has not broken their spirits. Shabbir and his friends will go back to Russia and try for admissions again. While Azhar wants to study medicine in Russian, others will stick to English-medium.
its soo crazy
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.. whr've u disappeared saar?
....unless u meant...."C****AD" 
does tht mean ive grown up